carpetball
carpetball noun: a game, similar to pool and played with pool balls, played in a long, high-walled table. Each player gets five balls to arrange however they want at their end of the table, and they take turns trying to knock each other's balls into troughs at each end of the table. The player who knocks down all five of the other player's balls first is the winner.
Noun
carpetball (countable and uncountable, plural carpetballs)
- A game, similar to pool and played with pool balls, played in a long, high-walled table. Each player gets five balls to arrange however they want at their end of the table, and they take turns trying to knock each other's balls into troughs at each end of the table. The player who knocks down all five of the other player's balls first is the winner.
- A heavy ceramic or stone ball that was rolled along the floor in some games.
Forms of carpetball
| plural | carpetballs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | carpet ball |
Origin of carpetball
From carpet + ball.
Questions about carpetball
- What does carpetball mean?
- Carpetball means a game, similar to pool and played with pool balls, played in a long, high-walled table. Each player gets five balls to arrange however they want at their end of the table, and they take turns trying to knock each other's balls into troughs at each end of the table. The player who knocks down all five of the other player's balls first is the winner.
- What part of speech is carpetball?
- Carpetball is a noun.
- What is the plural of carpetball?
- The plural of carpetball is carpetballs.
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